nytimes.com - 11/30/2008
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The former president will disclose the names in a deal to clear the way for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to become secretary of state, two Democrats said. >
iowahawk.typepad.com - 11/25/2008
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WASHINGTON DC - Ending weeks of speculation and
rumors, President-Elect Barack Obama today named Bill Clinton to...
join his incoming administration as President of the United States, where he will head the federal government's executive branch."I am ...
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Obama Names Bill Clinton to Presidential Post
volokh.com - 11/25/2008
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From Prof. Michael Stokes Paulsen, author of Is
Lloyd Bentsen Unconstitutional?, 46 Stanford L. Rev. 907 (1994)...
(some paragraph breaks added, some glitches fixed with Prof. Paulsen's advance permission):...
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Bill Clinton to Name Donors to Foundation as Part of Obama Deal
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... Lawyers for Mr. Clinton and Mr. Obama spent days crafting the agreement in hopes of addressing any concerns about Mr. Clintons activities. He had previously said he would do whatever the Obama transition team asked in order to make it possible for his wife to serve without questions. Mr. Obamas team said it was satisfied that the concessions Mr. Clinton made should defuse any potential controversy. Until Saturday, only some elements of the agreement had become public.... Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/30/washington/30clinton....
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... Former President Bill Clinton will disclose the names of over 200,000 donors to the William J. Clinton Foundation, which supports efforts to combat poverty, disease, and global warming, according to Democratic sources. Clinton has agreed to publicly reveal the names so that his wife, Sen. Hillary Clinton, will be able to serve as Secretary of State. President-Elect Barack Obama insisted on this disclosure to avoid charges of conflict of interest due to foreign donations to the foundation. (New York Times) ...
Clinton Names Donors to Global Initiative Meeting
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... agency, Suzlon, a wind power company, and Thomson Reuters. The meeting’s media partners were CNN and The Economist. “Because of our sponsors, CGI has seen over 1,200 commitments to action valued at upwards of $46 billion to improve more than 200 million lives in over 150 countries around the world,” Mr. Clinton said in a statement. The Global Initiative’s Asia meeting was held from Dec. 2 to Dec. 3 in Hong Kong, and it is exactly the kind of gathering that would be forbidden under the agreement worked out with Mr. Obama’s transition team. The Global Initiative, now part of Mr. ...
House Passes Disclosure Bills on Presidential Library Donors, Records
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In light of all the questions about donors to former President Clinton’s presidential library and foundation, particularly in advance of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s expected confirmation as Secretary of State, a little-mentioned action today by the House of Representatives seems a bit more relevant than usual. It may also carry a bit more heft as President Bush departs office this month with his own planned library, although this bill isn’t retroactive. The House passed twin measures today that are aimed at coaxing more public disclosure from the business of a ...
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NYT: Bill Clinton agrees to reveal donors —
msnbc.com: Politics 11/30/2008
Former President Bill Clinton has agreed to publicly disclose the names of more than 200,000 donors to his foundation to help clear the way for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton to become secretary of state, Democrats close to both sides said Saturday.
Bill Clinton To Reveal The Names Of Donors —
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INDIAN WELLS, Calif., Nov. 29 -- Former president Bill Clinton has agreed to make public 200,000 donors to his presidential library and foundation as part of an agreement with President-elect Barack Obama's transition team designed to allow his wife ...
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